'obstinacy' definitions:
Definition of 'obstinacy'
From: WordNet
noun
The trait of being difficult to handle or overcome [syn: stubbornness, obstinacy, obstinance, mulishness]
noun
Resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires [syn: stubbornness, bullheadedness, obstinacy, obstinance, pigheadedness, self-will]
Synonyms of 'obstinacy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adhesiveness,
- antagonism,
- antipathy,
- application,
- assiduity,
- assiduousness,
- averseness,
- aversion,
- backwardness,
- bad blood,
- bloody-mindedness,
- bulldog tenacity,
- bullheadedness,
- cantankerousness,
- challenge,
- clashing,
- cohesiveness,
- collision,
- combative reaction,
- commitment,
- competition,
- complaint,
- concentration,
- conflict,
- consistency,
- constancy,
- contrariety,
- contrariness,
- contumaciousness,
- contumacy,
- counteraction,
- cross-purposes,
- cursoriness,
- decidedness,
- decision,
- decisiveness,
- dedication,
- defiance,
- defiance of authority,
- definiteness,
- demur,
- determinateness,
- determination,
- determinedness,
- devotion,
- diligence,
- disaccord,
- disagreement,
- disinclination,
- disobedience,
- dispute,
- disrelish,
- dissension,
- dissent,
- dissentience,
- distaste,
- dogged perseverance,
- doggedness,
- earnestness,
- endurance,
- energy,
- engrossment,
- enmity,
- fidelity,
- firmness,
- fixedness,
- foot-dragging,
- force,
- fortitude,
- fractiousness,
- friction,
- frowardness,
- fundamentalism,
- gluiness,
- glutinosity,
- grudging consent,
- grudgingness,
- gumminess,
- guts,
- gutsiness,
- hardiness,
- hardness,
- heartiness,
- hostility,
- imperviousness,
- impliability,
- indefatigability,
- indisposedness,
- indisposition,
- indocility,
- industriousness,
- industry,
- inexorability,
- inflexibility,
- inimicalness,
- insistence,
- insistency,
- intestinal fortitude,
- intractability,
- intractableness,
- intransigence,
- lack of enthusiasm,
- lack of zeal,
- loyalty,
- lustihood,
- lustiness,
- might,
- mightiness,
- mulishness,
- mutinousness,
- negativeness,
- negativism,
- nolition,
- noncooperation,
- obduracy,
- obdurateness,
- objection,
- obstinateness,
- obstreperousness,
- opposition,
- oppugnancy,
- orneriness,
- orthodoxy,
- passive resistance,
- patience,
- patience of Job,
- perfunctoriness,
- permanence,
- perseverance,
- persistence,
- persistency,
- pertinaciousness,
- pertinacity,
- perverseness,
- perversity,
- pigheadedness,
- plodding,
- plugging,
- potency,
- power,
- powerfulness,
- precisianism,
- preoccupation,
- protest,
- purism,
- puritanism,
- purpose,
- purposefulness,
- reaction,
- rebelliousness,
- rebuff,
- recalcitrance,
- recalcitrancy,
- recalcitration,
- refractoriness,
- refusal,
- relentlessness,
- reluctance,
- remonstrance,
- renitence,
- renitency,
- repellence,
- repellency,
- repugnance,
- repulse,
- repulsion,
- resistance,
- resoluteness,
- resolution,
- resolve,
- resolvedness,
- restiveness,
- retention,
- revolt,
- rigidity,
- rigidness,
- rigor,
- rigorousness,
- rivalry,
- robustness,
- ruggedness,
- sedulity,
- sedulousness,
- self-will,
- seriousness,
- sincerity,
- single-mindedness,
- singleness of purpose,
- slogging,
- slowness,
- snugness,
- stability,
- stalwartness,
- stamina,
- stand,
- staying power,
- steadfastness,
- steadiness,
- stick-to-itiveness,
- stickiness,
- sticking power,
- stiffness,
- stolidity,
- stoutness,
- strength,
- strength of will,
- stubbornness,
- sturdiness,
- sulk,
- sulkiness,
- sulks,
- sullenness,
- tackiness,
- tenaciousness,
- tenacity,
- tightness,
- tirelessness,
- total commitment,
- toughness,
- unbendingness,
- uncompromisingness,
- uncooperativeness,
- unenthusiasm,
- unimpressionability,
- uninfluenceability,
- unmovability,
- unpersuadability,
- unreceptiveness,
- unrelentingness,
- unremittingness,
- unresponsiveness,
- unruliness,
- unsuggestibility,
- unsusceptibility,
- unswayableness,
- unswerving attention,
- unwillingness,
- unyieldingness,
- vigor,
- vigorousness,
- viscidity,
- viscosity,
- vitality,
- vying,
- wildness,
- will,
- withstanding